ad levandam conscientiam

ad levandam conscientiam (ad l[schwa]-van-d[schwa]m kon-shee-en-shee-[ schwa]m). [Law Latin] Scots law. For the purpose of easing the conscience. • The phrase typically described certain confessions that a criminal suspect voluntarily made when apprehended and that could be used as evidence in the criminal trial. But an arrested suspect’s responses to questions posed by the arresting officer were usu. not admissible because only a magistrate could ask such questions.

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词条贡献者

资深译员文楷，毕业于亚洲一流的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译各类与电信、媒体和技术相关的法律文件。